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by ryathal 721 days ago
It's not prop 13 that made property values 10x in the last 30 years. It's the lack of supply forcing bids ever higher. Downsizing and rebasing taxes isn't a big deal if you went from a 1980s 100k 4-bedroom house to a modern 300k 2-bedroom condo, it's a huge problem if the cheapest option is over 1 million.